Laconian Products Fair

Went to Laconian Products Fair (Η Γιορτή Λακωνικών Προϊόντων) yesterday.

It started yesterday and continues until this Friday (13th March). Location is Syntagma Metro Station. It is open, if I remember well, from 9 in the morning to 22 in the evening. Evidently it is the second time that such an fair is held, but I don't know when the first time was.

If you are wondering where is Laconia, it is in the southern Peloponnese, where Sparta, Monemvasia and Mani penninsular are located.

The products on the show are mostly food, especially olive oil, but there are also some craftworks.

After sampling the things interested us, we bought a bottle of olive oil (2000ml) and a bottle of honey liqueur (500ml), 8 euros both. I have an idea that the products on this kind of shows are dearly priced, but in this case I found the most of the stuff quite reasonable, not more than at my local supermarket, or even cheaper.

I recommend you to drop by, if you happened to go to Syntagma station.

Here are some photos (I was holding a glass of liqueur for most of the time and that is why some of the photos are somehow slanting).

I was overwhelmed by the mass of people at the entrance.


It turned out that the crowd was for the talk; inside, it was busy but not impossibly.

This is one of honey stalls; there were several honey producers there.


This is pasta stall; there were two of them. 500g of pasta are priced between 2.50 and 3 euros.

Olive oil stalls are many. Good thing is that you can taste it before you buy. I picked up the one I personally liked the best (it depends on personal taste; you buy the one you like, OK?). This is the stall where we bought a bottle of oil.

It is produced by Mr. Theodoros Pantazis (pronouced Padazis) and comes from Geraki, Lakonia. The label says it was produced in February 2009, so it is fairly fresh. Alas, Hubby promised this bottle to Mom and I am not getting this ("So what was the purpose of choosing the one you liked the best?" You should ask).

Many of the olive oil producers were selling organic oils. The one we bought it wasn't, but at least they put it in a bio-perishable vinyle bag.

This stall was supposed to be selling organic olive oil, but there wasn't any and exhibiting honey based liqueur and honey instead. They were generously distributing liqueur and, although I don't normally drink, could not resist getting a cup.

It was actually quite good and we ended up buying a bottle. Their investment was rewarded! 1 bottle contains 500ml and costs 8 euros.

It is called Melitokraso (Μελιτόκρασο) and produced by Sotirali (Σωτήραλη) Bio. The pamphlet given to me prints the website, but it does not lead to anywhere at this moment.

We will go back to buy some olives from a stall that ran out of the products.